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Eleven states sue over Obama administration's transgender directive

Posted: May 25 2016 03:08PM EDT

Updated: May 25 2016 09:06PM EDT

Texas and 10 other states filed suit Wednesday against the Obama administration over its directive to U.S. public schools to let transgender students use the bathrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity.

The suit was filed in a Texas federal court in response to the directive handed down to schools by the Obama administration earlier this month.

“Defendants have conspired to turn workplaces and educational settings across the country into laboratories for a massive social experiment, flouting the democratic process, and running roughshod over commonsense policies protecting children and basic privacy rights,” the lawsuit says.

Conservative states had vowed to defy the federal directive, calling it a threat to the safety of students. Texas' lieutenant governor has previously said the state is willing to forfeit $10 billion in federal education dollars rather than comply.